湯湯

Chinese

Etymology 1

		phonetic
trad. (湯湯)		湯	湯
simp. (汤汤)		汤	汤

Iterative or intensive derivation from 揚 (OC *laŋ, “to rise”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāngshāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤ ㄕㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ soeng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāngshāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤ ㄕㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shangshang
    • Wade–Giles: shang¹-shang¹
    • Yale: shāng-shāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shangshang
    • Palladius: шаншан (šanšan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng¹ soeng¹
    • Yale: sēung sēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ soeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ sêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ sœːŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: syang syang

Rime
Character	湯
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	式羊切
Baxter	syang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/ɕiaŋ/
Wang Li	/ɕĭaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	soeng1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥aŋ  l̥aŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljaŋ  hljaŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	湯
Reading #	1/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shāng
Middle Chinese	‹ syang ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥aŋ/
English	amply-flowing
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	湯
Reading #	3/3
No.	14585
Phonetic component	昜
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	商
Old Chinese	/*hljaŋ/

Adjective

湯湯

1. (literary, ideophonic, of water) grand; grandiose; torrential

Derived terms

• 峨峨湯湯／峨峨汤汤
• 沸沸湯湯／沸沸汤汤
• 浩浩湯湯／浩浩汤汤 (hàohàoshāngshāng)
• 湯湯蕩蕩／汤汤荡荡

 

Etymology 2

		to move; to shake	to move; to shake
trad. (湯湯)		湯	湯
simp. (汤汤)		汤	汤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàngtàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄤˋ ㄊㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tong³ tong³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàngtàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄤˋ ㄊㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàngtàng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻang⁴-tʻang⁴
    • Yale: tàng-tàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tanqtanq
    • Palladius: тантан (tantan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tong³ tong³
    • Yale: tong tong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tong³ tong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tong³ tong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːŋ³³ tʰɔːŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: thangH thangH

Rime
Character	湯
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	他浪切
Baxter	thangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰɑŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰɑŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰaŋH/
Li Rong	/tʰɑŋH/
Wang Li	/tʰɑŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰɑŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tong3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰaːŋs  l̥ʰaːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	湯
Reading #	2/3
No.	14560
Phonetic component	昜
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	儻
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰaːŋs/
Notes	後作燙

Adjective

湯湯

1. (literary) turbulent

Etymology 3

		soup; hot water	soup; hot water
trad. (湯湯)		湯	湯
simp. (汤汤)		汤	汤

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tāngtāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄤ ㄊㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tong¹ tong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tāngtāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄤ ㄊㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tangtang
    • Wade–Giles: tʻang¹-tʻang¹
    • Yale: tāng-tāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tangtang
    • Palladius: тантан (tantan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tong¹ tong¹
    • Yale: tōng tōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tong¹ tong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tong¹ tong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ tʰɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

湯湯

1. (childish, endearing) soup

   飲湯湯／饮汤汤 [Cantonese]  ―  jam² tong¹ tong¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to drink soup

   • 陳豪餵陳茵媺飲湯湯　感慨冇晒social life [Cantonese, trad.]
     陈豪喂陈茵媺饮汤汤　感慨冇晒social life [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2018 May 12, Apple Daily

     can⁴ hou⁴ wai³ can⁴ jan¹ mei⁵ jam² tong¹ tong¹, gam² koi³ mou⁵ saai³ social life [Jyutping]

     Moses Chan feeds Aimee Chan soup, sighs with regret for not having a social life

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thong-thong / long-long / thng-thng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thong-thong
    • Tâi-lô: thong-thong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tongtofng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: long-long
    • Tâi-lô: long-long
    • Phofsit Daibuun: longlofng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thng-thng
    • Tâi-lô: thng-thng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tngt'ngf
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰŋ̍⁴⁴/

Adjective

湯湯

1. (Southern Min) watery

   飲湯湯／饮汤汤 [Hokkien]  ―  ám-thong-thong [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  very watery

Japanese

Kanji in this term
湯	湯
とう Grade: 3	とう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Adjective

湯(とう)湯(とう) • (tōtō) ^{←たうたう (tautau)?†}-tari (adnominal 湯(とう)湯(とう)とした (tōtō to shita) or 湯(とう)湯(とう)たる (tōtō taru), adverbial 湯(とう)湯(とう)と (tōtō to) or 湯(とう)湯(とう)として (tōtō to shite))

1. alternative spelling of 蕩蕩: spacious, grandiose; level and peaceful; gushing, surging, rushing; gentle; disordered, unconstrained

References

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
• Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN